I've been blogging for a little over a year now. Yesterday, as I was getting caught up on some blogs I usually read, and checking out some other ones that I don't usually peruse, something dawned on me.
I don't fit in.
Here's what I mean.
I'm a Christian. I'm also a blogger. The norm seems to be for those two entities to combine like Voltron, making me not just a Christian who blogs...but a "Christian Blogger."
What does that mean?
Well, I believe that definition has evolved, but as of this morning that I'm writing, it tends to mean you belong to one of two diametrically opposing camps:
1) You write devotionals every single day. Your blog is dogmatic without fail. It's like Sunday School on the interwebs. So much WIN!
2) You're a "tolerant" Christian, and it's your mission to prove just how different you are than those other meanie-heads in the church.
And so, I'm completely out of place, because neither is a comfortable place for me. I hope my blog is instructional and encouraging, but never dogmatic or hurtful. However, I also believe that scripture is God-breathed, and we don't get to pick and choose which verses we get to claim, just because some of the verses make us feel bad or seem "hateful" (which is a super fun word to use on people you disagree with. It's like a magical trump card that makes logical or theological discussion no longer pertinent. Abracadabra!).
But, as I was going through these thoughts and emotions, I smiled. That's because I'm glad I don't fit in. That would be easy. My goal isn't to go around copying other writers who get a lot of traffic. I hope it isn't yours either.
Where do you fit in?
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